Bright Spring

The two took the order and rushed between the cavalry battalions deployed in the north.

Zhang Fu then asked: "The Qu Neng tribe in the west, is there any way to quickly cross the river?"

A teenage general clasped his fists and said, "Commander, there are no pontoon bridges and few boats found within tens of miles of the Huangbei River; at this time, there should only be two places for Qu Neng to cross the river.

One is ten miles to the north, and there is a "Wenchang Bridge" near Nanyue Township; the other is about five miles south of Wenchang Bridge, and there is a shallow water for wading, but the east bank is almost full of steep slopes and forests.We have sent people to guard in advance! "

Zhang Fu asked again: "How many defenders have you sent? What's your name?"

The young man said: "The last general, Uncle Xiangcheng, Li Long, the deputy general of the Left Wing Army. Speaking of the Commander, each garrison has two hundred-household teams..."

Zhang Fu answered quickly, and before Li Long's words fell, he immediately ordered: "Transfer your troops from the headquarters to reinforce, at least add one more troops to one thousand corps!"

After he finished speaking, he looked to the north for a while, pointed to a few Hongwu cannons placed on the baggage cart at the far north, and said: "The order, those cannons are under the command of Li Long, the uncle of Xiangcheng, and get them to the ferry of Huangbei River! Li Long, you ask the artillerymen to put them on both sides of the ferry; when the rebels attack the middle of the river, they use cannons to bombard the center of the river in front of the side."

Li Long bowed: "The final general will leave immediately!"

Zhang Fu glanced at him, and said quickly: "I know your father, old Xiangcheng uncle is a good general."

Li Long nodded solemnly, patted his horse and left.

Zhang Fu rubbed his temples vigorously, tried his best to clear his mind, and desperately thought about the urgent situation at this time.

He has judged that the rebel army of the King of Han here is his main force.Even if the news is not completely confirmed at this moment, it is impossible for him to allow the [-] troops to fight a battle with unknown odds; at this time, it is wise to leave the battlefield to save troops!

These armies are all the capital Zhang Fu intends to build up his grand and miraculous achievements...

At this moment, there are 4 Liu Sheng troops and more than [-] Chinese troops, and the first batch of reinforcements of about [-] to [-] people will be able to approach this place in about two days.

Zhang Fu quickly decided on the strategy for this campaign: maintain the formation of the army and retreat, and try to delay it for about two days; wait until the first batch of reinforcements arrive, and the trend can be reversed!

And Xue Lu's right-wing army, Tan Zhong, Chen Mao and other troops, with nearly 20 people, will also move closer within three or four days.If it is delayed until that time, the battle is not over yet; Zhang Fu will decide to go straight to the decisive battle, he is fully sure, because the force advantage is too obvious!

At this time, Zhang Fu looked around and said: "This morning, the commander came from the north and found a large mountain forest stretching for [-] to [-] miles on the east bank of the Yellow Back River; that forest is about ten miles to the north. We must immediately move the army to To the east of the forest, avoid enemies from all sides!"

He immediately sent someone to write a military order, ordering the armies of all ministries: the rear army should be the forward, and the forward should be the rear guard, and turn around and move northward for ten miles.

Zhang Fu left with the military generals and civil servants of the Chinese army and his personal soldiers.They went to the positions of the various units of the army that had been deployed in the east-west direction, preparing to coordinate the order of the army's retreat on the ground.

…Under normal circumstances, if the infantry is not disturbed and marches quickly in formation, it only takes half an hour to travel ten miles.At this time, there are too many officers and soldiers, and the terrain is complicated. It may take more than half an hour to walk ten miles to the big mountain forest in the north.

Zhang Fu sent people to convey the military order of the Chinese army again, and the supply camp threw away tents, most of the food and vehicles.Anyway, it will be possible to meet up with the main force in two or three days. At this time, the left wing army does not need to carry useless supplies and food.

At this time, the official army's first tactic has been decided: use the vanguard cavalry and the ferry defenders to block the delayed west and south rebels for at least an hour; the main force of the army will take the opportunity to move ten miles north to occupy a favorable defensive position.

Chapter 5 A Little River

The King of Han Army, located in the south of He Fu's army, has a total strength of more than 13, and its commander is Sheng Yong; the vanguard cavalry general is Ping An.

When the military power was granted before, Zhu Gaoxu said that Sheng Yong and Ping An had a tacit understanding, and the friendship between the two was good.Ping An said, however, that he and Sheng Yong have a bad relationship and have nothing to say!

Sheng Yong's army, together with Qu Neng's army who arrived on the north road, the King of Han's army has gathered almost all the main forces here!

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's troops in the southeast were mainly Wu Gao's [-] surrendered troops, plus seven or eight thousand cavalry; He is over there.

There were many Wu Gao soldiers who surrendered, and the number of soldiers who surrendered was second only to the guard soldiers in Sichuan Province.Moreover, after Wu Gaojun surrendered, the time for rectification was very short; unlike the generals and soldiers of the Sichuan Army, many of his troops were former troops who were familiar with King Han and Qu Neng.

In order to rectify the combat effectiveness and reliability of Wu Gao's surrendered army, the King of Han did not rush to send troops to the front to fight.Those 8 people have only put on airs on the Eastern Front recently, existing as a feigned force...

Last night, Qu Nengjun arrived at the designated location in time.

Last night, Sheng Yong's army in the south was building a pontoon bridge overnight; before dawn this morning, Sheng Yong's army began to cross Zishui.The number of pontoon bridges is not enough, and 10,000+ people have not yet fully crossed the river!

Originally, Sheng Yong planned to postpone the war for a while; but not long ago, he met Chen Dachui.

So according to the agreed number of three guns, Sheng Yong immediately ordered to fire guns in the west, and informed Qu Neng to launch an attack together.The main force of the King of Han's army was 20 people, and the siege of He Fujun gradually began!

...Near the market in Nanyue Township, there was loud noise from both ends of the Wenchang Bridge.The firearms such as the muzzle guns of the officers and soldiers on the east bank were resounding, while the Qu Neng Department of the King of Han Army on the west bank could only hear the sound of bows and arrows, "crackling".

(Qu Neng's army came from Guizhou, and there were several sections along the way that were very difficult to walk, so they did not carry any heavy weapons with the army to reduce the baggage; if so, even the army was in short supply of food and grass.)

After the two sides fired at each other with firearms, bows|crossbows, the men and horses of the Qu Neng Department of the King of Han Army took the lead in mobilizing troops and began to attack.The infantry of the King of Han rushed to the bridge with firearms and arrows. While dismantling the enemy's carbine and thorns, they fought with the defenders.The shouts on the stone bridge became louder and louder.

At this time, a group of soldiers of the King of Han army in the north were carrying a few small wooden boats, and they approached the river in silence.

When they got to the river and put down the wooden boat, they lined up and began to take off their armor and clothes.Everyone put the armor and weapons in the wooden boat one by one.

A general said with a Sichuan accent: "The commander-in-chief has received news that there are not many defenders on the east bank of this small river. Let's cross the river from here and hide in the forest on the other bank; wait until the stone bridge is fought hard, brother Then they rushed out, pressed the defenders from behind, and seized the stone bridge!"

The general said again: "The river is a bit icy, but fortunately the river is not wide! There are only a few Guizi over there by the river, so it is impossible to deploy soldiers in this wilderness. If you get off, swim over quickly!"

Everyone echoed in confusion for a while in Sichuan dialect.

These people are all soldiers from the Sichuan Guards Office, and the youngest men who can swim are selected, fearing that older people will not be able to withstand the river water in early winter.The youngest sergeant was only in his teens, and he was the youngest named Shao Erwa.

Shao Erwa was born in a military family, his eldest brother died early, and this year his father also died of illness in the Hanwang army.After his family received a pension, Shao Erwa, as the eldest son, went to fill his father's position as a regular soldier.

He had never fought a war, and hadn't paid much attention to practicing martial arts, but he was very proficient in swimming and playing in the water; after all, no one expected that his father would die so young!

Shao Erwa joined the army, but before she recovered, she was told that she was going to go to war!

Previously, he had longed for rewards for meritorious service in war.But soon he was flooded with cold water. The so-called war was a long journey from Sichuan, walking with heavy loads to Dusi, Guizhou, and then walking from the mountains to Huguang Province... He didn't know how far he had walked. The blisters on the skin have soaked up and started to rise again, and now they are full of cocoons.

For such a long time, Shao Erwa had never even seen what the enemy soldiers looked like.

Some brothers in front had already touched the water, and Shao Erwa followed the queue.He murmured in his heart because he never swam in winter... Shao Erwa thought to himself: His head was caught by the door, so he played in the water in winter!

Small wooden boats were launched one after another.Shao Erwa followed the sergeant in front and touched the river naked.He shivered all over, and hurriedly swam to the opposite side with all his strength.

After a while, Shao Erwa suddenly heard a sound like fried beans from the opposite bank.He hurriedly wiped the cold water on his face, and saw a figure swaying in the woods on the opposite bank, and the shadow of the arrow in the air flew towards the river, making a "swish, swish" sound.

Shao Erwa didn't know what to do, but seeing that other people were swimming forward, he continued to swim.

"Ah!" Suddenly there was a scream.When Shao Erwa turned her head to look, she saw a man struggling not far away, the river was blood red, and soon a nauseous fishy smell came over her face.

Shao Erwa heard a "buzz" in her head, and her heart went blank.

At this moment, he felt a chill in his chest, followed by severe pain.An arrow drove into his naked body.Shao Erwa found that her strength quickly disappeared from her body, and she also sank.

He rushed up with all his strength, and stared at the pale sky with wide eyes in disbelief.He never dreamed that he would go out to fight, and it would be over like this before he went into battle...

The remaining soldiers in the river were struggling in the blood, and the experienced soldiers saw that the situation was wrong and shouted: "Luo Baihu, swim back and cut?"

No one answered, and some soldiers had already turned around and swam back.After a while someone shouted: "Luo Baihu is dead!"

"Bang bang bang..." Another burst of arrows flew from the sky.The soldiers desperately swam back desperately. It was all up to fate if the arrow hit or not, and it was impossible to hide in the water.

There was another scream and cry all around.